Sonic Freedom SAGE 2020: Beautiful 2D Fangame

This video showcases the Sonic Freedom SAGE 2020 demo. This Sonic Fangame is hand drawn and it looks outstanding. Sonic also controls fluidly. You must explore the level with Sonic's blistering speeds until you find the Master Emerald chard.
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Sonic Freedom by
tripplejaz
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[lowhp_comic]

the Sonic CD intro cutscene: playable edition

[sonicovertime]

I love the hand drawn style so much. It gives the sense of 3D even though it's 2D.

[SodaMazing]

When SAGE has more games to offer in 2020 than Sega

[stanmarsh]

This is absolutely amazing, like seriously... Do these people even realize how talented they are?!

[silverguy]

Since Sonic CD's intro I always wanted a Classic game like this. It looks much better than the pixel art style

[austinmorrison]

This hand drawn style is beautiful! The animations are so smooth and changing direction mid air works so well. I look foreword to seeing more of this!

[corel]

i don't know why everytime people see this they bring up the level design as if it's an actual level
i always saw this more as a playground for sonic's physics and abilities

anyways it's cool that there's a playable demo now
i heard progress would be halted indefinitely because the programmer left the team

[derekday]

Sonic CD intro will always be peak. I've always thought they should make a game that used sprite work like this! The best part of this art style is that it isn't too busy and its easy to tell where enemies and obstacles are.

[CritStanley]

Missed opportunity for "anniversary mode" in Sonic Origins looking like this.

[KennKuun]

I didn't see any particularly interesting level design, but the aesthetic is insanely well done, and the physics look very polished. The game looks slower and more zoomed out than normal Classic games, which I actually appreciate; the extremely limited time to react to what's coming keeps me from appreciating Classic Sonic's gameplay. I honestly think this game could pursue its own identity and put its focus on Sonic's moveset rather than momentum physics (or focus on both), and it would rival some indie games that have an actual price tag.
It may not be what they're going for, but this project gives me extreme Metroidvania vibes. And I absolutely think it could work; upgrades and backtracking were already a core part of SA1 and SA2.
EDIT: reworded for clarity

[robloxking]

This is amazing!
It's like a Sonic version of Rayman Origins and Legends.

[Bean_Lava]

The animations are SO FLUID. A Sonic game with this framework would be so GOATED

[b.a.g-gomez]

Saw this game a few times, including when it was pencil sketches. Such a beautifully animated game, but Sonic's movement and physics looked sluggish. Happy to see those aspects improved and sped up!

[Lzr_]

This gives me the CupHead feeling with the Sonic CD intro

[stevenapex]

Beautiful art style. This is exactly what I want a next-generation 2D Sonic game to be. So much potential here with the smooth animation style. You could present anything and go literally almost anywhere without being held back by pixel art or bad 3D. Great work.

[Kuzamer]

A game like this, but in 3D would be a dream Sonic game.

[alecperdeau]

I wish Sega would license this game. Its so beautifully done and you can feel the love radiating from it. And so much more original too with the ring spending for air dashing. I'd love to see this made available for everyone

[MrSupersonic]

God this is amazing. What I think is the best part is seeing the aerial spindash. Giving Sonic that move opens up so many possibilities, it's even better than the homing attack since you actually have to aim to use it. It's great for fighting enemies off the ground and can make for some unique platforming moments.

[chaos]

I can imagine this for a mobile game, I don't know why but I keep thinking about that

[LyosOnz]

Good overtime video, really the creator of this game seemed that his design is very good, so this fangame looks more animated by tripplejaz and the rest ^^